September 1, 2010 9:52 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Small laptops aren’t necessarily getting any smaller, but they are getting more powerful. Here’s a quick look at the power-efficient engines purring inside the latest laptops from Hewlett-Packard.
HP Mini 210: there's a lot going on below the colorful skin.
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Hewlett-Packard)
The newest welterweight laptops from [...]
August 29, 2010 10:59 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel has agreed to acquire Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business for approximately $1.4 billion, the companies announced late Sunday, as the world’s largest chipmaker seeks to boost its presence in smartphones.
“The global demand for wireless solutions continues to grow at an extraordinary rate,” [...]
August 29, 2010 10:53 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
What is the tipping point for having too many gadgets? Well, it depends.
MacBook, iPad 3G, iPhone 3GS, and Windows laptop. The 'essential' entourage that travels with me. How many is too many?
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Brooke Crothers)
First, let me count the ways I can be connected: a [...]
August 26, 2010 10:16 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Hewlett-Packard will refresh its Netbook lineup next month with new Atom chips that bring dual-core technology to these mini laptops for the first time.
HP Netbooks to get new dual-core Atom chip.
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CNET Reviews)
Documentation on HP’s U.S. Web site (PDF) indicates that the HP Mini [...]
August 23, 2010 10:53 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel announced on Monday the first dual-core Atom processor targeted specifically at Netbooks, finally putting the same number of processing cores inside these tiny laptops as found on larger mainstream laptops.
Acer, Asus, Fujitsu, Lenovo, LG, Samsung, MSI, and Toshiba, among others, are expected [...]
August 22, 2010 11:00 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Act one, the Droid X. Act two, a Motorla-Verizon tablet?
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Motorola)
Who will give the
iPad a run for its money? I would bet my bottom dollar on Motorola, or better yet, the dynamic duo of Motorola and Verizon.
The BlackBerry “Black Pad” from RIM, or Google [...]
August 19, 2010 4:05 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel Senior Vice President Renee J. James
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Intel)
Renee J. James, senior vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group at Intel, discussed Intel plans to buy security company McAfee for $7.68 billion in an interview with CNET on Thursday.
James is responsible [...]
August 19, 2010 11:34 AM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Intel’s $7.68 billion acquisition of McAfee is a good fit for the world’s largest chipmaker in a highly connected and increasingly security-conscious market, according to analysts.
The chipmaker said Thursday it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy all of McAfee’s common stock. [...]
August 18, 2010 7:36 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
The BlackBerry Torch 9800, though a high-end smartphone, is not in the same league internally as the Motorola Droid or
Apple iPhone.
The Torch 9800 is a high-end BlackBerry smartphone, but its core internals lag other high-end offerings from Apple and Motorola.
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Research In Motion)
Let’s [...]
August 13, 2010 4:26 PM PDT
by Brooke Crothers
Elpida supplies the 512MB DRAM memory module, twice that of the original Droid. That Qualcomm chip is the CDMA processor.
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iFixit)
Under the hood, the Motorola-Verizon Droid 2 is really a hopped-up version of the original Droid.
While practically a clone of the original Droid on [...]